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Longform Breastfeeding education materials at the Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association in Detroit. Rapid Growth

Michigan's breastfeeding networks educate parents, address disparities, advocate for parent rights

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, February 16, 2023
Feature Story This year, Opera Grand Rapids continues its Contemporary Opera series by presenting Peter Hilliard and Matt Boresi’s “The Last American Hammer.” This opera is centered on the flight of industrial jobs from America’s Midwest. Rapid Growth

Published Together: A 400+-year-old art form still has relevance today

By Emilee Syrewicze, Executive Director, Opera Grand RapidsWednesday, February 15, 2023
Feature Story Renée Cummings, data science professor of practice at The University of Virginia, and nonresident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, will speak at an AI conference in West Michigan this month. Rapid Growth

Leveraging technology “in service of humanity”

Leandra NisbetWednesday, February 15, 2023
Feature Story Voices of Youth is a Rapid Growth program that connects high school students in the greater Grand Rapids area with paid journalism experience and opportunities. Rapid Growth

Grand Rapids students share perspectives through Voices of Youth

Lindsay PattonWednesday, February 15, 2023
Feature Story The Mosaic Film Experience focuses on connecting students with cognitive disabilities with opportunities to continue their journey to other platforms. Rapid Growth

Partnering up to make storytelling a creative outlet for all in GR

Shanika P. CarterTuesday, February 14, 2023
Longform Sanilac County Sheriff Paul Rich and Sanilac County Community Mental Health CEO Wilbert Morris Rapid Growth

Michigan’s community mental health and law enforcement agencies team up to keep people out of jail

David SandsTuesday, February 14, 2023
Feature Story The documentary, “Unseen: How We’re Failing Parent Caregivers & Why It Matters,” explores the lives of parent caregivers for children and adults who are disabled. Rapid Growth

Documentary explores challenges faced by parent caregivers of children with disabilities

Shandra MartinezTuesday, February 14, 2023
Longform A mother holds her baby's hand. Rapid Growth

Upper Peninsula program helps moms with opioid use disorder have healthier pregnancies

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, February 9, 2023
Feature Story (Fom left) HealthBar Director of Sales and Marketing Michael Lomonaco, Rick Arnett with Lake Orion Public Schools, and HealthBar School Nursing Program Manager Quinn McGill. Rapid Growth

HealthBar school nurses provide holistic care to area students

Estelle SlootmakerWednesday, February 8, 2023
Longform Washtenaw County Community Mental Health is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Rapid Growth

Michigan's CCBHCs open mental health access to all

Joanne Bailey-BoorsmaTuesday, February 7, 2023
Longform Jenifer Murray, a contracted grant coordinator with Munson Healthcare, works on programs for new parents in her office. Rapid Growth

Northern Michigan works to build supportive services for parents in "maternity care deserts"

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, February 2, 2023
Feature Story Last year, Lowell United Methodist Church ended up exceeding its goal and providing 2,000 gift bags to four groups of essential workers. Rapid Growth

Community Support Month in February: Where big ideas start small

Bill LeeWednesday, February 1, 2023
Feature Story Sara Crookston directs a toy photo shoot. Rapid Growth

How life is better in West Michigan for those designing our world

Laura BergellsWednesday, February 1, 2023
Feature Story childcarephoto Rapid Growth

A childcare solution: Marquette County to expand home-based childcare

Rosemary Parker Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Feature Story The DNSWM brain injury support group celebrates its first in-person meeting in the fall since the pandemic. (DNSWM) Rapid Growth

How the pandemic made a brain injury support group more accessible

Shandra MartinezTuesday, January 31, 2023
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